Kaliwatan sa bakukangon ang Onthophagus yangi.^[1] Una ning gihulagway ni Masumoto, Tsai ug Teruo Ochi ni adtong 2006.^[2] Ang Onthophagus yangi sakop sa kahenera nga Onthophagus, ug kabanay nga Scarabaeidae.^[1][3]

Kini nga matang hayop na sabwag sa:

• kasarangan nga Asya
  • Republika sa Tsina

Walay nalista nga matang nga sama niini.^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Roskov Y., Kunze T., Orrell T., Abucay L., Paglinawan L., Culham A., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Decock W., De Wever A., Didžiulis V. (ed) (2019). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2019 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X. TaxonID: 54726436. Retrieved 2019-11-11. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ↑ Masumoto K., Tsai J-F. & Ochi T. (2006) A revisional study of the Taiwanese Scarabaeinae. Part 3. Descriptions of a new species and a male of known species, Lectotype designation, and downgrading of an Onthophagus species , Elytra,Tokyo 34(1):139-144
3. ↑ Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.